1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

DUE TO LOCATION OF BUCKLE FOR SEAT BELT CONSUMER HAS A PROBLEM UNDOING THE BELT. *AK THE BUCKLE IS HARD TO PRESS AND SEAT BELT WAS PLACED BETWEEN THE FRONT SEATS AND IT IS TOO FAR. *YH

MY SON, A TEENAGER AND EXCELLENT DRIVER, WAS DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY SNOW. CAR WAS IN MOTION WITH MINIMAL SPINNING OF WHEELS. SMOKE ENTERED PASSENGER COMPARTMENT THROUGH VENTS. HE TURNED OFF CAR AND POPPED HOOD, WHICH DID NOT RELEASE. SAW FLAME IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT THROUGH SLITS NEAR WIPERS. STILL COULD NOT RELEASE HOOD BY HAND AT FRONT OF VEHICLE. USED SNOW TO ATTEMPT TO EXTINGUISH FIRE AND WAS JOINED BY PERSON WHO COMPLETELY DISCHARGED SMALL EXTINGUISHER. ASKED THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT (FD) BE CALLED, AND FD EXTINGUISHED FIRE. CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER SAME DATE AND HAVE NOT HEARD RESULT OF INVESTIGATION. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NO RELEVANT RECALL, BUT CAR WAS IN EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITION. I LOVED IT AND HAD NO COMPLAINTS. NOW AM FORCED TO REPLACE VEHICLE. INSURANCE HAS COMPLETELY SATISFIED LEASE OBLIGATION, BUT I AM DISADVANTAGED AS I MUST REPLACE VEHICLE AND I FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER MUST BE AT FAULT. CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY INFO OR ASSISTANCE?*AK

BRAKES CONTINUOUSLY LOCK, WHICH CAUSES TIRES TO LOCK AND THE CAR SKIDS AND PITCHES FORWARD. OUR DOOR LOCKS ARE BROKEN AND THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE BACK SEAT IS COMING OUT FROM THE FLOOR. WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR, WE ASKED THE SALESPERSON (TIM WHITE) IF THE CAR WAS IN GOOD CONDITION AND IF THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR. HE SAID" IT HAD ONE OWNER." WHEN I REPEATED THIS TO THE MANAGER LAST WEEK, HE SAID IT DID. HE STATED THAT THE OWNER WAS THE RENTAL COMPANY IN FLORIDA. THEN I POINTED OUT TO THE MANAGER THAT ONE OWNER DID NOT MEAN ONE DRIVER. WITH IT BEING A RENTAL CAR IT HAS HAD MANY DRIVERS SOME NOT SO CAREFUL AS OTHERS. IF I HAD BEEN INFORRMED OF THE CARS TRUE HISTORY AND CONDITION, I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS AUTOMOBILE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING CAR & PUTTING IT INTO GEAR, IT TOOK OFF AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, EVEN WHILE FOOT WAS ON BRAKE PEDAL. DRIVER SERVED TO AVOID PARKED CARS AND WENT THROUGH A FENCE HITTING A DITCH, WENT ACROSS A STREET, HIT ANOTHER DITCH BEFORE STOPPING. ALSO, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. *CJ

THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING. NLM

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON MAKING A GRAUDAL STOP AFTER CUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING VEHICLE WITH FOOT DEPRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE TOOK OFF, RESULTING IN UNWANTED AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO RUN INTO A BRIDGE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SHIFTER PIN TO INTERLOCK CABLE BROKE OFF CAUSING THE IGNITION KEY TO BECOME REMOVABLE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN ANY GEAR. YH

A HEAVY ODOR OF GAS COMING INTO THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REPORT THIS TO NHTS . THE FUEL RAIL WAS REPLACED. *AK.ET.

WHEN DRIVING, THE CENTER FIELD OF VIEW IS DISTORTED, CREATES EXCESSIVE VISUAL FATIGUE AND DIZZYNESS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. NEVER CPMPLAINED ABOUT IT, ORIGINALLY BELIEVED IT WAS PART OF DESIGN OF "CAB FORWARD" YESTERDAY WHILE ON TRIP, 2ND DRIVER COMPLAINED OF DIZZYNESS AND DISCUSSED PROBLEM. DEFINITELY IS A PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN COMING TO A STOP BRAKES MADE A GRINDING NOISE. DEALER SAID THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE BRAKES, AND THAT THE GRINDING WAS A NORMAL NOISE. *AK *ML